Request for an example of using wx.NotificationMessage

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1

Hi All,

I have been studying some BaloonTip type stuff for a systray icon. Based on my research a new class called wxNotificationMessage in trunk/src/_misc.i causes a Balloon Tip to show up on a systray icon. Is that correct? What is an example of its usage. I was also reading that it would be put in 2.9 but I don’t see it in there. What is the 411?

-Tim

2

Will / Tim,

Hi All,

I have been studying some BaloonTip type stuff for a systray icon. Based on my research a new class called wxNotificationMessage in trunk/src/_misc.i causes a Balloon Tip to show up on a systray icon. Is that correct? What is an example of its usage. I was also reading that it would be put in 2.9 but I don't see it in there. What is the 411?

-Tim

I assume you're talking about Andrea's BalloonTip that was released in 2.8.9.1 (I think). His widget appears to work through mouse events in the demo. I used a mouse click event when I was playing with it a week or two ago. Here's the code I used then:

<code>

import wx
from icon import getIcon
import wx.lib.agw.balloontip as BT

class MyTaskbarIcon(wx.TaskBarIcon):
          def __init__(self):
        wx.TaskBarIcon.__init__(self)
              tbIcon = getIcon()
        #icon = wx.Icon("pycon.ico", wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO)
        self.SetIcon(tbIcon, "Test Program")
              tipballoon = BT.BalloonTip(message="This is only a test!")
        tipballoon.SetTarget(self)
        tipballoon.SetStartDelay(1000)
      if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = wx.PySimpleApp()
    tbicon = MyTaskbarIcon()
    app.MainLoop()
      </code>

I don't know if that's what you were looking for or not though.

···

-------------------
Mike Driscoll

Blog: http://blog.pythonlibrary.org

3

Hi Mike,

I am looking for a way to bring up the tip balloon without putting the mouse over the systray icon. Do you know how to do that?

-Tim

···

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Mike Driscoll mike@pythonlibrary.org wrote:

Will / Tim,

Hi All,

I have been studying some BaloonTip type stuff for a systray icon. Based on my research a new class called wxNotificationMessage in trunk/src/_misc.i causes a Balloon Tip to show up on a systray icon. Is that correct? What is an example of its usage. I was also reading that it would be put in 2.9 but I don’t see it in there. What is the 411?

-Tim

I assume you’re talking about Andrea’s BalloonTip that was released in 2.8.9.1 (I think). His widget appears to work through mouse events in the demo. I used a mouse click event when I was playing with it a week or two ago. Here’s the code I used then:

import wx

from icon import getIcon

import wx.lib.agw.balloontip as BT

class MyTaskbarIcon(wx.TaskBarIcon):

   def __init__(self):

   wx.TaskBarIcon.__init__(self)

       tbIcon = getIcon()

   #icon = wx.Icon("pycon.ico", wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO)

   self.SetIcon(tbIcon, "Test Program")

       tipballoon = BT.BalloonTip(message="This is only a test!")

   tipballoon.SetTarget(self)

   tipballoon.SetStartDelay(1000)

 if __name__ == "__main__":

app = wx.PySimpleApp()

tbicon = MyTaskbarIcon()

app.MainLoop()

 </code>

I don’t know if that’s what you were looking for or not though.

Mike Driscoll

Blog: http://blog.pythonlibrary.org

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wxpython-users@lists.wxwidgets.org

http://lists.wxwidgets.org/mailman/listinfo/wxpython-users

4

William Heath wrote:

Hi Mike,

I am looking for a way to bring up the tip balloon without putting the mouse over the systray icon. Do you know how to do that?

-Tim

Hmmm...I tried making it pop-up using a button event, but that didn't work. There doesn't seem to be a Show() method. Maybe Andrea can give us a clue or add that functionality.

- Mike

···

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Mike Driscoll <mike@pythonlibrary.org > <mailto:mike@pythonlibrary.org>> wrote:

    Will / Tim,

        Hi All,

        I have been studying some BaloonTip type stuff for a systray
        icon. Based on my research a new class called
        wxNotificationMessage in trunk/src/_misc.i causes a Balloon
        Tip to show up on a systray icon. Is that correct? What is
        an example of its usage. I was also reading that it would be
        put in 2.9 but I don't see it in there. What is the 411?

        -Tim

    I assume you're talking about Andrea's BalloonTip that was
    released in 2.8.9.1 (I think). His widget appears to work through
    mouse events in the demo. I used a mouse click event when I was
    playing with it a week or two ago. Here's the code I used then:

    <code>

    import wx
    from icon import getIcon
    import wx.lib.agw.balloontip as BT

    class MyTaskbarIcon(wx.TaskBarIcon):
          def __init__(self):
          wx.TaskBarIcon.__init__(self)
              tbIcon = getIcon()
          #icon = wx.Icon("pycon.ico", wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO)
          self.SetIcon(tbIcon, "Test Program")
              tipballoon = BT.BalloonTip(message="This is only a test!")
          tipballoon.SetTarget(self)
          tipballoon.SetStartDelay(1000)
        if __name__ == "__main__":
      app = wx.PySimpleApp()
      tbicon = MyTaskbarIcon()
      app.MainLoop()
        </code>

    I don't know if that's what you were looking for or not though.

    -------------------
    Mike Driscoll

5

Hi Mike,

I have added the functionality using the win32api, just wanted a more elegant approach. I was told that the wxNotificationMessage could assist with this. Can you remark on that possibility? Would it help if I posted my code?

-Tim

···

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Mike Driscoll mike@pythonlibrary.org wrote:

William Heath wrote:

Hi Mike,

I am looking for a way to bring up the tip balloon without putting the mouse over the systray icon. Do you know how to do that?

-Tim

Hmmm…I tried making it pop-up using a button event, but that didn’t work. There doesn’t seem to be a Show() method. Maybe Andrea can give us a clue or add that functionality.

  • Mike

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Mike Driscoll <mike@pythonlibrary.org mailto:mike@pythonlibrary.org> wrote:

Will / Tim,



    Hi All,



    I have been studying some BaloonTip type stuff for a systray

    icon.  Based on my research a new class called

    wxNotificationMessage in trunk/src/_misc.i causes a Balloon

    Tip to show up on a systray icon.  Is that correct?  What is

    an example of its usage.  I was also reading that it would be

    put in 2.9 but I don't see it in there.  What is the 411?



    -Tim





I assume you're talking about Andrea's BalloonTip that was

released in 2.8.9.1 (I think). His widget appears to work through

mouse events in the demo. I used a mouse click event when I was

playing with it a week or two ago. Here's the code I used then:



<code>



import wx

from icon import getIcon

import wx.lib.agw.balloontip as BT



class MyTaskbarIcon(wx.TaskBarIcon):

      def __init__(self):

      wx.TaskBarIcon.__init__(self)

          tbIcon = getIcon()

      #icon = wx.Icon("pycon.ico", wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO)

      self.SetIcon(tbIcon, "Test Program")

          tipballoon = BT.BalloonTip(message="This is only a test!")

      tipballoon.SetTarget(self)

      tipballoon.SetStartDelay(1000)

    if __name__ == "__main__":

  app = wx.PySimpleApp()

  tbicon = MyTaskbarIcon()

  app.MainLoop()

    </code>



I don't know if that's what you were looking for or not though.



-------------------

Mike Driscoll

wxpython-users mailing list

wxpython-users@lists.wxwidgets.org

http://lists.wxwidgets.org/mailman/listinfo/wxpython-users

6

William Heath wrote:

Hi All,

I have been studying some BaloonTip type stuff for a systray icon. Based on my research a new class called wxNotificationMessage in trunk/src/_misc.i causes a Balloon Tip to show up on a systray icon. Is that correct? What is an example of its usage. I was also reading that it would be put in 2.9 but I don't see it in there. What is the 411?

The wxPython trunk in SVN is 2.9, but there are no snapshots, previews or releases of any 2.9.x yet (although it shouldn't be too much longer) so in order to see it currently you'll need to get the code and built it yourself.

···

--
Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman

7

Hi All,

William Heath wrote:

Hi Mike,

I am looking for a way to bring up the tip balloon without putting the
mouse over the systray icon. Do you know how to do that?

-Tim

Hmmm...I tried making it pop-up using a button event, but that didn't work.
There doesn't seem to be a Show() method. Maybe Andrea can give us a clue or
add that functionality.

Unfortunatly wx.TaskBarIcon doesn't expose that many methods to play
with, and specifically there is no way to find out where the taskbar
icon is (no positioning information in wx.TaskBarIcon class). The only
way to do that is to code it using the win32api on Windows (and you'll
get native balloontips, not crappy ones line mine with BalloonTip
:-D), or to wait for the 2.9 series in which (I think) there should be
this functionality implemented in wxWidgets/wxPython.

Andrea.

"Imagination Is The Only Weapon In The War Against Reality."
http://xoomer.alice.it/infinity77/

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On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Mike Driscoll wrote:

8

William Heath wrote:

Hi Mike,

I have added the functionality using the win32api, just wanted a more elegant approach. I was told that the wxNotificationMessage could assist with this. Can you remark on that possibility? Would it help if I posted my code?

-Tim

Alas. I have not used "wxNotificationMessage" for anything, so my only remark is "no comment". See Andrea's post for what he had to say on the subject. It sounds like the 2.9 branch will include more functionality (see both Andrea's and Robin's posts).

- Mike

···

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Mike Driscoll <mike@pythonlibrary.org > <mailto:mike@pythonlibrary.org>> wrote:

    William Heath wrote:

        Hi Mike,

        I am looking for a way to bring up the tip balloon without
        putting the mouse over the systray icon. Do you know how to
        do that?

        -Tim

    Hmmm...I tried making it pop-up using a button event, but that
    didn't work. There doesn't seem to be a Show() method. Maybe
    Andrea can give us a clue or add that functionality.

    - Mike

        On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Mike Driscoll > <mike@pythonlibrary.org <mailto:mike@pythonlibrary.org> > <mailto:mike@pythonlibrary.org > <mailto:mike@pythonlibrary.org>>> wrote:

           Will / Tim,

               Hi All,

               I have been studying some BaloonTip type stuff for a
        systray
               icon. Based on my research a new class called
               wxNotificationMessage in trunk/src/_misc.i causes a Balloon
               Tip to show up on a systray icon. Is that correct?
         What is
               an example of its usage. I was also reading that it
        would be
               put in 2.9 but I don't see it in there. What is the 411?

               -Tim

           I assume you're talking about Andrea's BalloonTip that was
           released in 2.8.9.1 (I think). His widget appears to work
        through
           mouse events in the demo. I used a mouse click event when I was
           playing with it a week or two ago. Here's the code I used then:

           <code>

           import wx
           from icon import getIcon
           import wx.lib.agw.balloontip as BT

           class MyTaskbarIcon(wx.TaskBarIcon):
                 def __init__(self):
                 wx.TaskBarIcon.__init__(self)
                     tbIcon = getIcon()
                 #icon = wx.Icon("pycon.ico", wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO)
                 self.SetIcon(tbIcon, "Test Program")
                     tipballoon = BT.BalloonTip(message="This is only
        a test!")
                 tipballoon.SetTarget(self)
                 tipballoon.SetStartDelay(1000)
               if __name__ == "__main__":
             app = wx.PySimpleApp()
             tbicon = MyTaskbarIcon()
             app.MainLoop()
               </code>

           I don't know if that's what you were looking for or not though.

           -------------------
           Mike Driscoll

9

wxNotificationMessage exists in the trunk. It is not possible to see an example of its usage? How can this be?

-Tim

P.S.

Thanks for assisting with this :slight_smile:

···

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 6:28 AM, Mike Driscoll mike@pythonlibrary.org wrote:

William Heath wrote:

Hi Mike,

I have added the functionality using the win32api, just wanted a more elegant approach. I was told that the wxNotificationMessage could assist with this. Can you remark on that possibility? Would it help if I posted my code?

-Tim

Alas. I have not used “wxNotificationMessage” for anything, so my only remark is “no comment”. See Andrea’s post for what he had to say on the subject. It sounds like the 2.9 branch will include more functionality (see both Andrea’s and Robin’s posts).

  • Mike

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Mike Driscoll <mike@pythonlibrary.org mailto:mike@pythonlibrary.org> wrote:

William Heath wrote:



    Hi Mike,



    I am looking for a way to bring up the tip balloon without

    putting the mouse over the systray icon.  Do you know how to

    do that?



    -Tim





Hmmm...I tried making it pop-up using a button event, but that

didn't work. There doesn't seem to be a Show() method. Maybe

Andrea can give us a clue or add that functionality.



- Mike









    On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Mike Driscoll

    <mike@pythonlibrary.org <mailto:mike@pythonlibrary.org>

<mailto:mike@pythonlibrary.org

    <mailto:mike@pythonlibrary.org>>> wrote:



       Will / Tim,



           Hi All,



           I have been studying some BaloonTip type stuff for a

    systray

           icon.  Based on my research a new class called

           wxNotificationMessage in trunk/src/_misc.i causes a Balloon

           Tip to show up on a systray icon.  Is that correct?

     What is

           an example of its usage.  I was also reading that it

    would be

           put in 2.9 but I don't see it in there.  What is the 411?



           -Tim





       I assume you're talking about Andrea's BalloonTip that was

       released in 2.8.9.1 (I think). His widget appears to work

    through

       mouse events in the demo. I used a mouse click event when I was

       playing with it a week or two ago. Here's the code I used then:



       <code>



       import wx

       from icon import getIcon

       import wx.lib.agw.balloontip as BT



       class MyTaskbarIcon(wx.TaskBarIcon):

             def __init__(self):

             wx.TaskBarIcon.__init__(self)

                 tbIcon = getIcon()

             #icon = wx.Icon("pycon.ico", wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO)

             self.SetIcon(tbIcon, "Test Program")

                 tipballoon = BT.BalloonTip(message="This is only

    a test!")

             tipballoon.SetTarget(self)

             tipballoon.SetStartDelay(1000)

           if __name__ == "__main__":

         app = wx.PySimpleApp()

         tbicon = MyTaskbarIcon()

         app.MainLoop()

           </code>



       I don't know if that's what you were looking for or not though.



       -------------------

       Mike Driscoll

wxpython-users mailing list

wxpython-users@lists.wxwidgets.org

http://lists.wxwidgets.org/mailman/listinfo/wxpython-users

10

William Heath wrote:

wxNotificationMessage exists in the trunk. It is not possible to see an example of its usage? How can this be?

It's quite simple: 2.9 isn't out yet so no one has used it except for the core developers that are writing and testing it. The only way for developers outside of the core dev group to use this method is to download and install a preview version of 2.9.

Note that you are on the wxpython-users list, which is for developers that use wxPython to build GUIs. There are a few core developers on here as well, but it is mainly just "normal" and new developers. Once 2.9 is released, there will probably be an example in the Demo.

- Mike

···

-Tim

P.S.

Thanks for assisting with this :slight_smile:

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 6:28 AM, Mike Driscoll <mike@pythonlibrary.org > <mailto:mike@pythonlibrary.org>> wrote:

    William Heath wrote:

        Hi Mike,

        I have added the functionality using the win32api, just wanted
        a more elegant approach. I was told that the
        wxNotificationMessage could assist with this. Can you remark
        on that possibility? Would it help if I posted my code?

        -Tim

    Alas. I have not used "wxNotificationMessage" for anything, so my
    only remark is "no comment". See Andrea's post for what he had to
    say on the subject. It sounds like the 2.9 branch will include
    more functionality (see both Andrea's and Robin's posts).

    - Mike

        On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Mike Driscoll > <mike@pythonlibrary.org <mailto:mike@pythonlibrary.org> > <mailto:mike@pythonlibrary.org > <mailto:mike@pythonlibrary.org>>> wrote:

           William Heath wrote:

               Hi Mike,

               I am looking for a way to bring up the tip balloon without
               putting the mouse over the systray icon. Do you know
        how to
               do that?

               -Tim

           Hmmm...I tried making it pop-up using a button event, but that
           didn't work. There doesn't seem to be a Show() method. Maybe
           Andrea can give us a clue or add that functionality.

           - Mike

               On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Mike Driscoll
               <mike@pythonlibrary.org <mailto:mike@pythonlibrary.org>
        <mailto:mike@pythonlibrary.org>
               <mailto:mike@pythonlibrary.org
        <mailto:mike@pythonlibrary.org>

               <mailto:mike@pythonlibrary.org
        <mailto:mike@pythonlibrary.org>>>> wrote:

                  Will / Tim,

                      Hi All,

                      I have been studying some BaloonTip type stuff for a
               systray
                      icon. Based on my research a new class called
                      wxNotificationMessage in trunk/src/_misc.i
        causes a Balloon
                      Tip to show up on a systray icon. Is that correct?
                What is
                      an example of its usage. I was also reading that it
               would be
                      put in 2.9 but I don't see it in there. What is
        the 411?

                      -Tim

                  I assume you're talking about Andrea's BalloonTip
        that was
                  released in 2.8.9.1 (I think). His widget appears to
        work
               through
                  mouse events in the demo. I used a mouse click event
        when I was
                  playing with it a week or two ago. Here's the code I
        used then:

                  <code>

                  import wx
                  from icon import getIcon
                  import wx.lib.agw.balloontip as BT

                  class MyTaskbarIcon(wx.TaskBarIcon):
                        def __init__(self):
                        wx.TaskBarIcon.__init__(self)
                            tbIcon = getIcon()
                        #icon = wx.Icon("pycon.ico", wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO)
                        self.SetIcon(tbIcon, "Test Program")
                            tipballoon = BT.BalloonTip(message="This
        is only
               a test!")
                        tipballoon.SetTarget(self)
                        tipballoon.SetStartDelay(1000)
                      if __name__ == "__main__":
                    app = wx.PySimpleApp()
                    tbicon = MyTaskbarIcon()
                    app.MainLoop()
                      </code>

                  I don't know if that's what you were looking for or
        not though.

                  -------------------
                  Mike Driscoll